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Taking a break
I'm taking a break before tackling the last part of a project. DD's friend
called me yesterday to ask if I could hem some dance pants for her. Sewing buttons and hemming pants...some of the most practical sewing projects but I put them off as often as possible. It must be my "time" though. DH left me a jacket on the kitchen table yesterday with one of the front buttons lying beside it. I promptly fixed it to get it off my conscience. Last night DD and friend stopped by so I could mark these polyester wide legged pants. The pants come unhemmed and VERY long. I now have them marked, trimmed, and the edge serged. Of course that meant I have spent an hour rethreading my serger after retrieving it from the closet.....where HAS that manual gone??? (And I DID try to rethread it by tying the new threads to the old ones....didn't work out this time.) I now can't decide if I should blind hem or just topstitch the hems. I did leave a 2" hem for any further adjustments in the future. We marked the pants to her flattest dance shoes. This girl is quite an accomplished swing dancer and this is part of a new costume. I'd never make any money with alterations or custom sewing. Too slow! -- Kathyl remove "nospam-" before mchsi http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz |
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Howdy!
What a neat, newsy post. Thanks, Kathyl. Good luck on the hemming project. Story of my life: hemming! G ooo swing dancing--cool! Enjoy your break. Ragmop/Sandy "KJ" wrote in message news:Ej9Id.19457$OF5.4920@attbi_s52... I'm taking a break before tackling the last part of a project. DD's friend called me yesterday to ask if I could hem some dance pants for her. Sewing buttons and hemming pants...some of the most practical sewing projects but I put them off as often as possible. It must be my "time" though. DH left me a jacket on the kitchen table yesterday with one of the front buttons lying beside it. I promptly fixed it to get it off my conscience. Last night DD and friend stopped by so I could mark these polyester wide legged pants. The pants come unhemmed and VERY long. I now have them marked, trimmed, and the edge serged. Of course that meant I have spent an hour rethreading my serger after retrieving it from the closet.....where HAS that manual gone??? (And I DID try to rethread it by tying the new threads to the old ones....didn't work out this time.) I now can't decide if I should blind hem or just topstitch the hems. I did leave a 2" hem for any further adjustments in the future. We marked the pants to her flattest dance shoes. This girl is quite an accomplished swing dancer and this is part of a new costume. I'd never make any money with alterations or custom sewing. Too slow! -- Kathyl remove "nospam-" before mchsi http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz |
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Thanks Sandy...but I can't help to wonder if I was just looking for a
distraction and then bored the group with my musings. Follow-up: pants are done, used a blind hem stitch with the idea that if it doesn't hold up, I can topstitch later. I'm also a little nervous about a job interview (a follow up/second one) DS has this afternoon. This kid (in college) has the worst time getting any feedback on applications. I've told him I want to check the next one he hands in...is it sloppy? Misspelled? Who knows? Anyway, my fingers are crossed and I'm hoping and praying it goes well for him. He needs the confidence a successful interview can give him. " Ellison" wrote in message m... Howdy! What a neat, newsy post. Thanks, Kathyl. Good luck on the hemming project. Story of my life: hemming! G ooo swing dancing--cool! Enjoy your break. Ragmop/Sandy "KJ" wrote in message news:Ej9Id.19457$OF5.4920@attbi_s52... I'm taking a break before tackling the last part of a project. DD's friend called me yesterday to ask if I could hem some dance pants for her. Sewing buttons and hemming pants...some of the most practical sewing projects but I put them off as often as possible. It must be my "time" though. DH left me a jacket on the kitchen table yesterday with one of the front buttons lying beside it. I promptly fixed it to get it off my conscience. Last night DD and friend stopped by so I could mark these polyester wide legged pants. The pants come unhemmed and VERY long. I now have them marked, trimmed, and the edge serged. Of course that meant I have spent an hour rethreading my serger after retrieving it from the closet.....where HAS that manual gone??? (And I DID try to rethread it by tying the new threads to the old ones....didn't work out this time.) I now can't decide if I should blind hem or just topstitch the hems. I did leave a 2" hem for any further adjustments in the future. We marked the pants to her flattest dance shoes. This girl is quite an accomplished swing dancer and this is part of a new costume. I'd never make any money with alterations or custom sewing. Too slow! -- Kathyl remove "nospam-" before mchsi http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz |
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Keeping my fingers crossed for your DS too! Don't forget to update us --
especially if he gets the job. More power to you on that hemming project -- I just don't like that kind of sewing any more, and I put it off as long as humanly possible. On the other hand, I can sit for four hours straight and hand stitch the binding on a quilt and be just as happy as can be. -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "KJ" wrote in message news:6NbId.20216$eT5.14989@attbi_s51... Thanks Sandy...but I can't help to wonder if I was just looking for a distraction and then bored the group with my musings. Follow-up: pants are done, used a blind hem stitch with the idea that if it doesn't hold up, I can topstitch later. I'm also a little nervous about a job interview (a follow up/second one) DS has this afternoon. This kid (in college) has the worst time getting any feedback on applications. I've told him I want to check the next one he hands in...is it sloppy? Misspelled? Who knows? Anyway, my fingers are crossed and I'm hoping and praying it goes well for him. He needs the confidence a successful interview can give him. " Ellison" wrote in message m... Howdy! What a neat, newsy post. Thanks, Kathyl. Good luck on the hemming project. Story of my life: hemming! G ooo swing dancing--cool! Enjoy your break. Ragmop/Sandy "KJ" wrote in message news:Ej9Id.19457$OF5.4920@attbi_s52... I'm taking a break before tackling the last part of a project. DD's friend called me yesterday to ask if I could hem some dance pants for her. Sewing buttons and hemming pants...some of the most practical sewing projects but I put them off as often as possible. It must be my "time" though. DH left me a jacket on the kitchen table yesterday with one of the front buttons lying beside it. I promptly fixed it to get it off my conscience. Last night DD and friend stopped by so I could mark these polyester wide legged pants. The pants come unhemmed and VERY long. I now have them marked, trimmed, and the edge serged. Of course that meant I have spent an hour rethreading my serger after retrieving it from the closet.....where HAS that manual gone??? (And I DID try to rethread it by tying the new threads to the old ones....didn't work out this time.) I now can't decide if I should blind hem or just topstitch the hems. I did leave a 2" hem for any further adjustments in the future. We marked the pants to her flattest dance shoes. This girl is quite an accomplished swing dancer and this is part of a new costume. I'd never make any money with alterations or custom sewing. Too slow! -- Kathyl remove "nospam-" before mchsi http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz |
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:36:04 GMT, "KJ"
wrote: I'm taking a break before tackling the last part of a project. DD's friend called me yesterday to ask if I could hem some dance pants for her. Sewing buttons and hemming pants...some of the most practical sewing projects but I put them off as often as possible. It must be my "time" though. DH left me a jacket on the kitchen table yesterday with one of the front buttons lying beside it. I promptly fixed it to get it off my conscience. Last night DD and friend stopped by so I could mark these polyester wide legged pants. The pants come unhemmed and VERY long. I now have them marked, trimmed, and the edge serged. Of course that meant I have spent an hour rethreading my serger after retrieving it from the closet.....where HAS that manual gone??? (And I DID try to rethread it by tying the new threads to the old ones....didn't work out this time.) I now can't decide if I should blind hem or just topstitch the hems. I did leave a 2" hem for any further adjustments in the future. We marked the pants to her flattest dance shoes. This girl is quite an accomplished swing dancer and this is part of a new costume. I'd never make any money with alterations or custom sewing. Too slow! One of my (very short!) friends worked out that I have a sewing machine, and phoned up to ask if I would hem up 3 pairs of trousers for her. I didn't want to say "no", but I didn't really want to say "yes" either.... so I said, "I'll make you a deal. I'll hem the trousers, you show me how to make a curry. Any curry." Sejal is from Gujurat, India. So she came round, we made a curry (plus she brought another one she had made for her & her husband's own dinner) and I fixed the trousers... while she continually freaked out over Sasha. Apparently they don't keep cats as pets in India - she'd never heard a cat purr, for example. But it was a good trade. Sasha's psychological scars are healed now. Just. -- Jo in Scotland |
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Hi Jo
Sounds like quite a good bit of barter. However, unless you need a lot more cooking lessons (and psych sessions for Sasha), you might have to consider helping Sejal to find and learn how to use a sewing machine!! Smudge |
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On 23 Jan 2005 07:26:27 -0800, "smudge in oz"
wrote: Hi Jo Sounds like quite a good bit of barter. However, unless you need a lot more cooking lessons (and psych sessions for Sasha), you might have to consider helping Sejal to find and learn how to use a sewing machine!! Smudge I went and bought fresh red chili peppers (I haven't had time to get to the Indian grocery store for dried red chili) and ginger paste. I am ready for my next fresh-greens-spicy-curry. The whole Sasha-Sejal episode was funny (now) and good for us, because I now realize that not everyone keeps cats as pets, and Sejal thought the fact that some people do keep cats as pets! So we all learnt something. Sasha learnt that there are people out there who think she is a cat, instead of a small hairy child. ! I don't mind helping a friend, as long as I don't turn into the neighborhood mending woman. Next time I'm going round Sejal's (Sasha will stay home) and we will make bhajis and some other delights. I'm hungry just thinking about it. -- Jo in Scotland |
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Hey! I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way! I love piecing
and appliqué, machine and hand quilting. I love machine embroidery. But I absolutely hate mending or making clothing alterations. It's fun to start from the beginning, but I can barely force myself to mend. A long time ago, I did tell my family that my brand new (then) Bernina was not meant for sewing up blue jeans hems. At least not my sweet Bernie. René "Louise" wrote in message news:JZbId.20243$eT5.1711@attbi_s51... (Snip...) More power to you on that hemming project -- I just don't like that kind of sewing any more, and I put it off as long as humanly possible. On the other hand, I can sit for four hours straight and hand stitch the binding on a quilt and be just as happy as can be. |
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I have at times supported myself, and (ex) hubbie by doing repairs and
alterations. Yes I can do it. But........... It is so much more fun to start from scratch, and often easier too. I will do hems, but hate doing other stuff like that. Told DH long ago that broken jean zippers mean a new pair of jeans. It is just easier and less frustrating. (Unless the jeans are really close to new. G ) Pati, in Phx René wrote: Hey! I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way! I love piecing and appliqué, machine and hand quilting. I love machine embroidery. But I absolutely hate mending or making clothing alterations. It's fun to start from the beginning, but I can barely force myself to mend. A long time ago, I did tell my family that my brand new (then) Bernina was not meant for sewing up blue jeans hems. At least not my sweet Bernie. René "Louise" wrote in message news:JZbId.20243$eT5.1711@attbi_s51... (Snip...) More power to you on that hemming project -- I just don't like that kind of sewing any more, and I put it off as long as humanly possible. On the other hand, I can sit for four hours straight and hand stitch the binding on a quilt and be just as happy as can be. |
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